Wilker Ángel

Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a right footed[3] Venezuelan footballer, who plays as a centre-back[4] for FC Akhmat Grozny from Russian Premier League.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ángel and the second or maternal family name is Romero.
Wilker Angel
Ángel with FC Terek in 2017
Personal information
Full name Wilker José Ángel Romero[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Valera, Venezuela[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Akhmat Grozny
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Trujillanos 13 (0)
2011–2016 Deportivo Táchira 148 (18)
2016– Akhmat Grozny 98 (7)
National team‡
2011 Venezuela U-20 4 (0)
2014– Venezuela 27 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:11, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Trujillanos FC

Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with Trujillanos FC in the 2010-2011 season,[1]

Deportivo Táchira

Angel moved to Deportivo Táchira in 2011 and scored his first goal against Caroni in a match they lost 2-1 on 5 March 2011, his second came 11 days later against Estudiantes de Mérida winning the match 3-1, his third goal came against Zulia FC on 20 May 2012, his team won 5-0.[1]

Terek Grozny

On 1 August 2016, Ángel signed for Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny.[5]

International

Ángel was called up to the full Venezuela squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[1] but was not included. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly against Bolivia, where he scored the opening goal of the match. However, despite this, Venezuela lost 2–3.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 December 2019[4]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Táchira 2010-11 Liga Venezolana 821010–102
2011-12 2226060–342
2012-13 23210–242
2013-14 326––326
2014-15 354––354
2015 1402170–231
2016 1420081–223
Total 14818912310018020
Akhmat Grozny 2016–17 Russian Premier League 26120––281
2017–18 26310––273
2018–19 18110––191
2019–20 16121––182
Total 86661----927
Career total 234241522310027227

International
Venezuela national team
YearAppsGoals
201411
201510
2016111
201740
201840
201920
Total232

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 October 2019[6]

International goals
As of match played 2 February 2016[6]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.18 November 2014Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia
1–0
2–3
Friendly
2.2 February 2016Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela Costa Rica
1–0
1–0
Friendly

Honors

National

Venezuela

References
  1. "Venezuela - W. Ángel - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. "STATS Hosted Solution | Player Stats - Wilker Angel - Deportivo Táchira". Olympics.stats.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  3. "W. Ángel - Soccer - Opera mobile - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Sports.opera.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  4. "W. Ángel". soccerway. 1993-03-18. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. "Анхель Вилькер подписал контракт с Тереком". fc-terek.ru (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. Wilker Ángel at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/11/19/world/friendlies/japan/venezuela/3172935/?ICID=PL_MS_119
  8. https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/20191119/
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